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W-IEE FENCE.

No. 314,430. Patented Mar. 24-, 1885.-

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WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 31 L430, dated IVIarch 24, 1885.

7 Application filed March 29, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED CLARK, residing at Englewood, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful In1- provements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, the base being in section. Fig. 2 is a front or edge view, the base being in section. Fig. 3 is an end view of the base. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged de tails of the post. Fig. 6 shows aslight modification thereof. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail,

in perspective, of the construction seen in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 shows a twisted fence-wire made of two strands with fastenings thereon (one of which is in section) designed to be clasped upon the wire, one on each side of the post. Fig. 9 is a section at line 00 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail showing a single wire with a fastening each side of the post. Fig. 11 is a modification of the aperture in the fencepost. Fig. 12 represents the wire held in place by a key.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wire fences and their posts; and it consists in the novel construc tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- A represents the base of my fence-post, which I make of pottery. It has an opening, a, through it, which is somewhat larger at the bottom than at the top.

B is a tapering strip of metal, preferably made of wrought-iron, about four inches wide at the bottom, about an inch and a half wide at the top, and from one-eightl1 to one-fourth of an inch thick, which is to be inserted in the base A, from the bottom thereof, before the base is placed in the ground, and is to be secured therein by cement. Its lower end is to be of such size that it can be drawn partly, but not entirely, through the base, as shown in Fig. l.

b are holes punched in the strip B, and 0 are slits extending from the holes I) to the edge of B, forming lips d, which lips are to be bent to one side a little, as shown in Fig. 4, so that by holding the wire 0 at an angle, as shown in said figure, it can be passed through the slit into the hole I); but that when the wire is in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position it can-.

not escape from the hole I), even though no fastening device be used.

For the purpose of supporting the posts laterally after the wires are in place, I clamp any suitable metal fastening,f, upon the wire, one upon each side of the post. ings may be made of strips or pieces of metal of any suitable shape, and adapted to be clasped upon wire by any suitable pinchers.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown an enlarged View of such pieces f upon a two-strand twisted wire.

In Fig. 10 I have shown balls, which before they are applied to the wire may have a slit in one side.

In Fig. 6 I have shown aslit cut at the bottom of thehole 6, instead of the top, the principle being the same.

In Fig. 11 I have shown an elongated hole, 9, in the post, instead of a round hole, b,with the slit near the center of the hole, though it might be either at the top or bottom thereof. Instead of the fastening f, a key, It, may be used, as shown in Fig. 12, not for the purpose of holding the wire in its place in the post, but for the purpose of forming a lock to aid in supporting the posts laterally. If the key be driven in tightly, the wire and the metal of the post will be embedded in thekey, and it will not be liable to be displaced; but this forms no part of my present invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A fence-post for a wire fence, composed of a separate base formed of pottery and having alongitudinal opening extending from end to end and tapered or diminished in width from a point intermediate of its two ends toward the top, and of a flat metallic plate increasing in width toward the lower end, which is wider than the opening in the upper end of the base, the parts being united by inserting the plate within the base and cementing, substantially as described.

These fasten- 2. Ina wire fence, the combination,with the thereon upon each side of the post, substanseparate base A, having the opening a, tapertially as described. ed from a point intermediate of its ends upward, of the metallic plate B, increasing in 5 width from the top toward the bottom and Witnesses:

having the apertures 1), slots 0, and lips d, and GEORGE R. BEAUJEOON, the wire-strands having fastenings f, clamped J. B. DAVIS.

ALFRED CLARK. 

